{"612248":{"#nid":"612248","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Jennifer Leavey: From Honey Bees to Science Rock ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJennifer Leavey is the integrated science curriculum coordinator for the College of Sciences. She also directs the Georgia Tech Urban Honey Bee Project, an interdisciplinary initiative designed to recruit and retain STEM students by studying how urban habitats affect honey bee health and how technology can be used to study bees.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Most of the programs I work on relate to encouraging undergraduates to become more engaged in studying science,\u0026rdquo; Leavey said. \u0026ldquo;The Georgia Tech Urban Honey Bee Project sprouted out of the idea that if something is authentic, it doesn\u0026rsquo;t matter what discipline students are in or what class they\u0026rsquo;re taking, they\u0026rsquo;ll become interested in it.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELearn more about Jennifer Leavey\u0026#39;s activities, including leading a science rock band, in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/features\/women-georgia-tech-jennifer-leavey\u0022\u003Ethe full story by Victor Rogers\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"First of 12 stories about Women at Georgia Tech"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen it comes to science and technology fields, historically many have been male-dominated. But the numbers have been changing gradually, including at Georgia Tech. Jennifer Leavey is the first of 12 women from the faculty and staff\u0026nbsp;who are making advances in their areas of expertise. She talks about her work, her life, and what it means\u0026nbsp;to be a woman at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Jennifer Leavey leads the Women at Georgia Tech series. "}],"uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2018-10-02 18:18:25","changed_gmt":"2018-10-04 18:11:39","author":"A. Maureen Rouhi","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-10-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-10-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"612250":{"id":"612250","type":"image","title":"Jennifer Leavey","body":null,"created":"1538505203","gmt_created":"2018-10-02 18:33:23","changed":"1538505203","gmt_changed":"2018-10-02 18:33:23","alt":"","file":{"fid":"233056","name":"2018 09 Jennifer Leavey.small_.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2018%2009%20Jennifer%20Leavey.small_.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2018%2009%20Jennifer%20Leavey.small_.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":63444,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2018%2009%20Jennifer%20Leavey.small_.jpg?itok=UCCFJtUS"}},"599985":{"id":"599985","type":"image","title":"Leucine Zipper aka Jennifer Leavey (Courtesy of Jennifer Leavey)","body":null,"created":"1513361416","gmt_created":"2017-12-15 18:10:16","changed":"1513361416","gmt_changed":"2017-12-15 18:10:16","alt":"","file":{"fid":"228727","name":"Leucine Zipper aka Jennifer Leavey.square288.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Leucine%20Zipper%20aka%20Jennifer%20Leavey.square288.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Leucine%20Zipper%20aka%20Jennifer%20Leavey.square288.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":43420,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Leucine%20Zipper%20aka%20Jennifer%20Leavey.square288.jpg?itok=3RaU0fhI"}}},"media_ids":["612250","599985"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/sneaking-science-punk-rock-sciencematters-episode-7-starring-jennifer-leavey","title":"Sneaking Science into Punk RocK: ScienceMatters Episode 7, Starring Jennifer Leavey"},{"url":"https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/where-science-and-art-intersect","title":"Where Science and Art Intersect"}],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"27071","name":"Jennifer Leavey"},{"id":"11192","name":"women at georgia tech"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA. Maureen Rouhi, Ph.D.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maureen.rouhi@cos.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}